A CPU is a bland looking piece of silicon and various metals. Not much to look at, right? Well, if you’re a geek’s geek, that statement couldn’t be any less true. Truth be told, computer hardware is hot. With that said, take a look at the upcoming Intel Sandy Bridge CPU with all of it’s beauty on display (more or less). Here you can see the result of a higher 2011 pin count over the outgoing king of the hill’s 1366 — a larger,...
For me, nothing is more exciting and interesting than watching AMD’s long-in-development Fusion technology come to market. There tactic of marrying CPU + GPU on a single chip may not be a new idea, but how they’re doing is… Instead of merely placing a CPU and some barely capable “GPU” on the same slab of silicon, AMD is looking to actually use powerful GPU’s on their Fusion chips. Mind you, the initial target of Fusion is...
How thrifty are you? Thrifty enough to recreate a city out of your old junk? This man did just that. Using old motherboards as his canvas, the city of Helsinki can forever live on in silicon. Using the Google Earth image on the top right in comparison, it’s apparent the creator did a mighty fine job. [H]ard|OCP >...
Think Christmas is immune from the idiosyncrasies of the geek following? Ha! When is there ever something we can’t mod, hack, or find some way to plaster our digital nature on to? That Christmas tree that you now decorate year after year, almost like a robot, can now be a shinning example of your geeky ways. Put away all of those “other” ornaments (ok, Grandmas special gifted one to you that she gave you on your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on birthdays...
Those of you looking forward to a July release for Intel’s Core i5 chips will sadly have to wait a tad bit longer. The reason for the delay according to DigiTimes is a stockpile of old inventory that Intel wants/needs to move before introducing any more new silicon into the market. Translation: “We don’t have anyone to compete with, so, we’ll squeeze every last dollar out of old product that we can…we’re not going anywhere.” ...
